The Artist's Eyes by Jenn Lee

Today marks day one of back to school for my two youngest children. I have to admit it is a welcome day. Though I enjoyed the quality time I was able to spend with my children, as I know you work from home parents out there can agree with me, it is difficult to get much done when you have children home with you!

How do you get back into the proper mindset after three months of juggling family with home business? Refresh that mentality with a few tips. Schedules, time management, plans of attack. How so? Try these little tasks to get you back into the swing of things….

Build your routine: For me, I know I get up and get the kids off to school first and foremost. Then I get to sit down and enjoy my cup of coffee, check emails and decide what I might want to blog about that day. Once that is done, I get to work on project A, B or C. I know the kiddos will be returning home from school at a specific time of the day, so getting projects worked on that require my full energy, motivation, concentration and creative mojo are the tasks I want to work on during the time they are away at school. Once they are home, I can work on tasks that don’t require so much of my attention.

Getting that routine built will enable your mind to kick into work mode easier after you get used to that schedule. After three months of summer vacation, it may take a few days to get your brain into gear.  I know I have several projects that have been patiently waiting for my summer vacation to end! In the upcoming days, please feel free to come back and check up on the blog, I should have a few new pet portraits to share!

Until then….welcome back to work fellow work from home parents…I hope you had a very nice summer and cheers! here’s to getting back to work! …..from the Artist’s Eyes.